inferior
/ɪnˈfɪəɹɪə/
Dictionary
noun
- A person of lower stature to another
"As you are my inferior, I can tell you to do anything I want."
adjective
- Of lower quality
"Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades."
- Of lower rank
"an inferior officer"
- Located below
- Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.
- On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.
- Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
"the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus"
- Below the horizon.
"the inferior part of a meridian"
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